"The Armourguard staff were having bottles thrown at them. Police attended and spoke with the host of the party who asked for assistance from Police in closing the party down and removing those people attending. While speaking with the party host Police had bottles thrown at them," he added.

Mr Spite said because of the behaviour the decision was made to put on protective clothing and prepare to disperse the crowd.

"Party goers were warned that they needed to disperse and leave the area. They were moved from the property and out on to the street where they continued to be aggressive. The crowd was heavily intoxicated, abusive and grabbing at the Police shields," he said.

"Once on the street Police repeatedly warned the crowd that they risked being arrested for disorderly assembly if they did not leave the area but they did not disperse. Police then advanced on the crowd to disperse them and the person pictured was caught up in this action," he said.

Matt Burns says he never saw any bottles being thrown towards the police and from what he saw there was not any particularly aggressive behaviour towards them. He recalls the police saying to clear the property and says the group were walking away.

"A couple were getting lippy towards them but they weren’t actually posing a threat," he said.

Mr Burns says he doesn't want the matter taken any further, but would just like an explanation of why police thought they had to use such force when he "wasn’t really doing anything towards them".

Student Matt Burns says there were a couple of people getting a bit lippy but he was just talking on his phone.
Source: 1 NEWS